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There are a lot of forms of transportation, from walking to bike riding, motorcycles and cars to busses, trains and airplanes. Each mode of transport will get you from point a to point b, but one may be faster, or more comfortable and another more cost effective. It’s important to keep in mind when comparing databases like Oracle and MySQL that there are indeed a lot of feature differences, a lot of cultural differences, and a lot of cost differences. There are also a lot of impassioned people on both sides arguing at the tomfoolery of the other. Hopefully we can dispel some of the myths and discuss the topic fairly.

As a long time Oracle DBA turned MySQL expert, I’ve spent time with clients running both database engines and many migrating from one to the other. I can speak to many of the differences between the two environments. I’ll cover the following:

Best practices for backups and disaster recovery aren’t tremendously different in the cloud than from a managed hosting environment. But they are more crucial since cloud servers are less reliable than physical servers. Also the security aspect may play a heightened role in the cloud. Here are some points to keep in mind.